The rich tapestry of this journey called life

We are never the same from one day to the next. Some days we wake up with all the answers in the world. Feeling fully connected to the Universe. Understanding we are part of the One Source. Knowing in order to receive, we must give. In order to exhale we have to inhale. Fully aware of the abundance that is available to us all. Beautiful.

Then there are those other days when we wake up and no matter how light it is outside, we feel like we are fumbling around in the dark. Like there is nothing that ever goes right for us.  When we forget to inhale so we can’t exhale leaving us full of junk and debris. Causing us to embrace feelings of scarcity. Filling us with fear and loathing. Selfishness and ego. Because we falsely believe there is not enough for all of us and we have to hold on to everything we have without sharing. Without giving back. Ugliness.

Then there are the days in between where we operate in the twilight zone. Coasting. Not sure whether it is dark or light. Not sure whether we are awake or asleep. Just coasting. Barely breathing in and out. Or at least not noticing  whether we are breathing or not. Eyes slightly closed to all that is going on around us. Oblivious to everything until the day is done and we can’t even recall what we did that day.

What does this all mean? I believe all those days are necessary for my growth. In order for me to appreciate anything, I have to experience all aspects of it. Including the dark side. Including things and events and people I don’t understand or like. I am accepting that there will be all kinds of days and as long as I remember to breathe, I will get through all those days no matter what. Even when it is the most challenging day, person or event. Accepting they are my best teachers.

There was a quote I saw yesterday that said something along the lines of it is difficult to be grateful every single day. But on those days when it is the most difficult to be grateful, that’s when we really need to be grateful. On those days the Universe is challenging us to see no matter what kind of day we are experiencing, there is always something to be grateful for. Even on those days when we feel like the Universe is not shining down on us. When we allow ourselves to go into the silence the fact that we woke up in the morning, being given another day to reach our place of love and light, is enough to be grateful for. Being given another day to embrace the mystery that is us is enough to be grateful for.

Harnessing all our experiences and seeing that each one of them is helping us to become the person we asked to come here to become. Accepting we are never the same from one minute to the next. Let alone from one day to the next. Grateful that we aren't because if we were, how would we know when times are good or bad. Happy or sad. How would we know compassion, love or understanding if we remained the same and did not see life from the eyes of another.

Sometimes we have to travel to the other side of the mountain to see who we really are. To truly see ourselves looking back at us. Mirroring our deepest shadow selves and that’s why some days we wake up with all the answers. Other days we don’t even know what the question is; let alone the answer. And then there are the days in between. All a part of the rich tapestry of this journey we call life. And the mystery that is us. Namaste.